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Philadelphia's Voice: And love it he did
December 1974, the Palestra.
Harry Kalas was set to broadcast his first Big 5 game, along with Al Meltzer. Then president of the Temple Loyalists club, I took money from petty cash to buy a small bottle of aspirin before the game.
As Harry ascended the steps past our cheering section to the booth above, I called out his name, tossed him the aspirin, and said he'd need it. At halftime I looked up to the booth. Harry looked down, held up the bottle and gave me a thumbs-up. When he left the booth after the game, another Temple fan called out, "Harry, what'd you think?" He smiled and said, "I love this!"
Paul Kaplan
Philadelphia
